YOU can help shine the light on human trafficking
Some people think that slavery is a thing of the past and just a part of history. Unfortunately, it is alive and well. Because of the internet, human trafficking has exploded in recent years. Adults and children are bought and sold every single day and used as sex slaves.
THIS HAS TO STOP.
- 600,000 to 800,000 women, children and men bought and sold across international borders every year and exploited for forced labor or commercial sex (U.S. Government)
- When internal trafficking victims are added to the estimates, the number of victims annually is in the range of 2 to 4 million
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50% of those victims are estimated to be children
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Average age a victim enters trafficking is 11 to 14 years old.
- Approx 80% are women and children bought, sold and imprisoned in the underground sex service industry.
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Average life span of a victim is reported to be 7 years (found dead from attack, abuse, HIV and other STD's, malnutrition, overdose or suicide)
Fortunately, there are groups that are fighting human trafficking and they are winning. Here are 2 of our favorites.
Please watch the videos below. Then consider donating, joining, helping, sharing or anything else you can do to help. Your help is desperately needed.